As the IT industry braces for the emerging cloud computing wave, no other sector is as well suited to operating in the cloud than the federal government. So said a group of cloud computing experts who extolled the benefits of cloud computing while inviting government IT managers to "jump in" and start piloting cloud computing projects.

How much time is needed to crack a password by brute-force? If the password cannot be guessed and is not found in a dictionary, the cracker has to try a brute-force attack. When brute-forcing, the time to crack the password depends on the amount of possible passwords that the cracker has to try. The amount of possible passwords increases with password length and with increasing diversity of characters being used (complexity). Let's take the scenario of a cracker trying 15 million passwords per second. This is currently the maximum speed being claimed by password cracker vendors.

If I can simply trade twinkies for four more years of my life, I would be crazy to ignore that opportunity. And it’s the exact same for selling big deals. Why would you want to stay sloppy and slow when you could be a rockstar?

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We deliver the complete integration and development of sales, marketing and customer service technologies. TopLine Strategies’ project management is designed to achieve 100 percent user adoption of the technologies implemented, and deliver measurable returns on investment for clients.

Whether our clients are searching for an expert firm to analyze and execute a critical project, employees to augment an information technology team or contractors to assist with technology needs, we deliver on-time, cost-effective solutions that optimize client results. Over the years, our methods have remained the same: establish long-term relationships, assess requirements, research and analyze options, recommend appropriate solutions, implement, integrate and optimize performance.